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Like any other city in India, construction of toilet place is given least concern. And the same story repeats in New Delhi. The city has to improve and give a face lift so to be called a world class city.

Sometimes I do wonder what would be the face of the capital city in 2010, two years from now. Would it become a land of concrete buildings with no space to relax in the lap of nature? Or would it transgress itself to such a rosy-coloured world where there is no bumper-to-bumper traffic, water shortage, unemployment, sanitation and security issues?

In order to avoid the agonizing traffic – steps have been taken with the construction of impressive flyovers all across the city. But coming to the sanitation problem, it seems the government is least concerned. The sufferers to this problem are common people – children, men and women, who ply in public buses and can’t relax themselves in hotels and pay Rs 1 or 2 in paid-toilets. In comparison to the children and men, imagine the untold suffering especially women had to undergo daily.

They had to suffer of no fault of their own. To this issue, Delhi is still unsafe. Once you are caught except some couple of well-maintained Sulabh toilets in some locations, you search, dig information where to relax for some few minutes, you will get awestruck that there is no such place in a city where millions of people entry and exit daily. It is a horrible experience not finding toilets in India Gate and many bus terminals.

And even you are able to find the ultimate place [toilets] they are in a salubrious condition. Stench emanating from there is deadly; obstructing you to use it. So only one place is left - it is the road.

In places like India Gate where lakhs of people both foreigners and domestic tourists pay their visit – there is no toilet. One can see frequent visitors relaxing themselves in the shade of tree. But foreigners and those who have first time come here to see the monument they are left with no choice.

The scene in Daula Kuan is exacerbating. All along the stretch where interstate bus and local bus from Gurgaon and Rajasthan stop, the place gives a horrible and horrendous look. One can see commuters as soon as they get down from the bus throws themselves to the corner of the road – watering the walls.

It is ironical the stretch has not caught the attention of the public administration. Urinating takes place in mammoth scale. It gives a bizarre look especially at the day time. Delhi must pay attention and do something to improve the infrastructure in order to stem public urination. The government must do something like the Shiela Dixit bus. Readers who are not from Delhi will laugh to know that private bus operators call the newly introduced low-floor bus with the name of the chief minister ‘Shiela Dixit’.